SOCI 110 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Economic Integration, Manufacturing Consent, Money Supply
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The nation-state is an essential element of the culture of capitalism. It guarantees the ownership of private property and the means of production and provides support for disciplining the workforce. The state also has to provide and maintains the economic infrastructure required by capitalist production. The nation-state must regulate conflicts between competing capitalists at home and abroad. Each person is a part of a nation-state. The agents of the state were resented, feared, or hated because of their demands for tribute, taxes, or armies. State definition revolves arounds its claim to a monopoly on the instruments of death and violence. "stateness" can be identified simply by locating the power of force in addition to the power of authority. Killing by other than the state will result in the action of organized state force. The use of force is not the only characteristic that identifies the state,
